Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 50 : Section 841


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 841. Findings and declarations of fact

      The Congress finds and declares that the Communist Party of the
    United States, although purportedly a political party, is in fact
    an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of
    the United States. It constitutes an authoritarian dictatorship
    within a republic, demanding for itself the rights and privileges
    accorded to political parties, but denying to all others the
    liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Unlike political parties,
    which evolve their policies and programs through public means, by
    the reconciliation of a wide variety of individual views, and
    submit those policies and programs to the electorate at large for
    approval or disapproval, the policies and programs of the Communist
    Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders of the
    world Communist movement. Its members have no part in determining
    its goals, and are not permitted to voice dissent to party
    objectives. Unlike members of political parties, members of the
    Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with respect to
    its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and
    disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given
    them by their hierarchical chieftains. Unlike political parties,
    the Communist Party acknowledges no constitutional or statutory
    limitations upon its conduct or upon that of its members. The
    Communist Party is relatively small numerically, and gives scant
    indication of capacity ever to attain its ends by lawful political
    means. The peril inherent in its operation arises not from its
    numbers, but from its failure to acknowledge any limitation as to
    the nature of its activities, and its dedication to the proposition
    that the present constitutional Government of the United States
    ultimately must be brought to ruin by any available means,
    including resort to force and violence. Holding that doctrine, its
    role as the agency of a hostile foreign power renders its existence
    a clear present and continuing danger to the security of the United
    States. It is the means whereby individuals are seduced into the
    service of the world Communist movement, trained to do its bidding,
    and directed and controlled in the conspiratorial performance of
    their revolutionary services. Therefore, the Communist Party should
    be outlawed.



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